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Relational sociology
About: Relational sociology is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 215 publications have been published within this topic receiving 6927 citations. The topic is also known as: Structural interactionism.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that relational sociology is at risk of losing its raison d'etre if it does not answer two fundamental practical and ontological questions: (1) Why do we need relational sociology? and (2) What do we study in relational sociology.
Abstract: Starting from the idea that relational sociology has been founded on various and incompatible social ontologies, I argue that it is at risk of losing its raison d'etre if we do not answer two fundamental practical and ontological questions: (1) Why do we need relational sociology? and (2) What do we study in relational sociology? In this respect, I propose a deep, transactional sociology partly and freely inspired by the work of J. Dewey which clearly detaches relational sociology from social determinism and co-determinism.
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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors define the notion of collective reflexivity in Relational Sociology as a "paradigm from a critical realist standpoint" and define a set of strategies for implementing a relational sociological paradigm.
Abstract: Introduction Francois Depelteau and Christopher Powell PART I: DEFINING THE PROJECT 1 Collective Reflexivity: A Relational Case for it Margaret Archer 2 Interactions and Juxtapositions: Conceptualizing 'Relations' in Relational Sociology Nick Crossley 3 From interactions between structures and actors to social transactions Francois Depelteau 4 Relational Sociology: A Paradigm from a Critical Realist Standpoint Pierpaolo Donati 5 Radical Relationism Christopher Powell PART II: RELATIONISM AND SOCIAL THEORY 6 Relational Sociology and Historical Materialism: Three Conversation Starters Ken Fish 7 Bourdieu's Relational Method in Theory and Practice John W Mohr 8 Feminist Preludes to Relational Sociology Sarah Redshaw 9 Critical Strategies for Implementing a Relational Sociological Paradigm: Elias, Bourdieu, and Uncivilized Sociological Theoretical Struggles Christopher Thorpe 10 Norbert Elias on Relations: Insights and Perspectives Charalambos Tsekeris PART III: PERMUTATIONS AND APPLICATIONS 11 Power from Switching Across Netdoms through Reflexive and Indexical Language Jorge Fontdevila and Harrison C White 12 Social Relationships between Communication, Network Structure, and Culture Jan Fuhse 13 Turning points are the rule rather than the exception: perspective on the different forms of uncertainty Harrison C White, Frederic C Godart, and Matthias Thiemann 14 Advancing Sociology Through a Focus on Relational Processes Debbie Kasper 15 Survival units as the point of departure for a relational sociology Lars Bo Kasperson 16 Human Transaction Mechanisms in Evolutionary Niches-a Methodological Relationalist Standpoint Osmo Kivinen and Tero Piiroinen 17 Objects, Agency and Relational Sociology Craig McFarlane 18 Connecting Network Methods to Social Science Research: How To Parsimoniously Use Dyadic Measures as Independent Variables Heather Price Relational Sociology, Social Psychology, and Social Neuroscience Stephen Quilley Conclusion Mustafa Emirbayer
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TL;DR: Relational sociology as discussed by the authors provides a substantial account of social networks, conceptualizing them as real social structures interwoven with meaning, including stories, identities, social categories (including role categories), and institutions.
Abstract: This paper offers an overview of relational sociology as developed by and around Harrison White. Relational sociology provides a substantial account of social networks, conceptualizing them as real social structures interwoven with meaning. Forms of meaning connected to network configurations (as part of their ‘domains’) include stories, identities, social categories (including role categories), and institutions. Recent advances lead to a network perspective on culture, and to an emphasis on communicative events in networks. In contrast to other strands of relational sociology, the approach aims at a close connection between empirical research and theoretical reflection. Theoretical concepts and arguments are geared at empirical applicability in network research, rather than mainly providing a theoretical description of the social world. Finally, the author's own version of relational sociology is sketched: social networks are seen as dynamic constructions of relational expectations. These emerge and deve...
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